Memorial Day Tour

Memorial Day Tour at Nashville National Cemetery:

1420 Gallatin Pike S, Madison, TN 37115

Saturday May the 29th, Boy Scouts from the Nashville area planted thousands of flags at the Nashville National Cemetery to honor our fallen soldiers and sailers. The Scouts are heroes too. I watched them place over 35,000 flags in about two hours!

This cemetery was established in 1867. Union General Thomas chose a site on the battlefield, marked by a hill next to the northern rail line, to bury the more than 2,000 Union dead. He said:

“No one could come to Nashville from the north and not be reminded of the sacrifices that had been made for the preservation of the Union.”

See a virtual tour of this historic cemetery in 3D panoramas.

Note: get the full screen experience by clicking the icon in the lower left of the video frame. A zoom option is available also for reading the historical signage. Some markers are embedded in the floating icons.